La Mosca

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Like the Gantz and HOTD, this manga is filled with mystery from the start, those who sign a ocntract with this company are split into several groups and out on an island where monsters roam and survival is the most important thing. However, those who begin work on this island will find that keeping their humanity until the end of the contract is as hard as killing the monsters they've unknowingly sign up to kill.

Ready for some bloody scenes and epic fights? Interested to find out what dark conspiracies are yet to be uncovered? Tired of works that ends with numerous loose ends and leaves plotholes? Want to experience the thriller ride that will not end until you finish the entire 46 chapters? La Mosca is the perfect choice!

This is not to say that La Mosca is a flawless piece of work by any means. To start with, the character development in this work is weak. In fact, not much sentiment other than the will to survive and to ... protect is shown from the protagonist, of whom we spend the most time with. Furthermore, critics may say that the protagnist is shrouded by hero’s halo, which is definitely true in this case. During the course of this manhwa, audiences have seen numerous cases where the protagonist would definitely die were he a normal person. Evidently, the protagonist survived them all, sometimes with a lack of convincing explanation other than “invincible protagonist effect”.

Aside from some several minor drawbacks, this manhwa is a masterpiece. Notibly, the motives of all related characters (which are a lot) are outlined in the form of flashbacks at the appropriate times. This is the recipe of good mystery-solving and story-telling technique. Personally, I liked the art. The characters are drawn with distinctive features that make them memorable.

For people who are already accustomed of reading manhwa, this is definitely a great choice. For people who haven’t yet tried any manhwa or are hesitant to try one, this could be a starting point.

Story: 8/10
Art: 9/10
Character: 7/10
Enjoyment: 8/10
Overall: 8/10

originally posted at my blog:
http://bunny1ov3r.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/no-30-la-mosca/

This is one of those mature mystery type of mangas , replete with monsters , hidden conspiracies and the like.There is a lot of action , good characters and a intriguing story line. It can be a bit gory at times as well.
Like the previous reviewer said ,it does have similarities to Gantz and HOTD and falls into that type of genre.
I am enjoying it and if you liker the other two , you will probably like this as well.

La Mosca ("The Fly") is an 80s action/sci-fi flick with all of the expected tropes, only in manga form. Or manhwa, whatever. It's got mustache twirling villains, downtrodden-but-tough protagonists, giant monsters, gruesome deaths, insane characters, weird drugs, a few semi-interesting twists, and some impressive cleavage. It's not bad, but it's not really good either. The characters are extremely one dimensional, their motivations are hollow or just uninteresting, and it's hard to really care about anyone or anything that's happening. It was just.. okay. Don't expect a whole lot, and you won't be disappointed. I'm not entirely sure what else there is to say, but I ... guess reviews have to be really long for that publish button to work, so uh.. is this enough?